Abdelhak Nouri, Ajax star, has miraculously awoken from a coma after two years and nine months.
Nouri suffered a cardiac arrhythmia attack in July 2017, causing him to collapse on the pitch.
Doctors warned Nouri’s family that the Dutchman would never fully recover after he was permanently brain damaged in the incident.
Abderrahim, Nouri’s brother, however, told Dutch TV show De Wereld Draait Door: “He has not been home very long, we take care of him there now. I must say that since he is at home it is going much better than before in the hospital.
“He is aware of where he is, he is back in a familiar environment with his family.
“He’s no longer in a coma. He’s very bedridden and still very dependent on us.”
The 22-year-old had collapsed during a pre-season friendly game for Ajax against Werder Bremen.
He was revived on the pitch and airlifted to hospital but the brain damage left him in a permanently vegetative state, forced to communicate with his eyebrows. (The Cable)
